Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - convent
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Convent
convent
I. noun Etymology: Middle English covent, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~us, from Latin, assembly, from convenire Date: 13th century a local community or house of a religious order or congregation; especially an establishment of nuns II. verb Etymology: Latin ~us, past participle of convenire Date: 1514 obsolete convene
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1.
n. 1 a religious community, esp. of nuns, under vows. 2 the premises occupied by this. 3 (in full convent school) a school attached to and run by a convent. Etymology: ME f. AF covent, OF convent f. L conventus assembly (as CONVENE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. монастырь (чаще женский) to go into a convent —- постричься в монахини 2. католическая женская школа (при монастыре) educated at a convent —- получившая образование в монастырской школе ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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6.
- early 15c., from Anglo-Norm. covent, from O.Fr. convent, from L. conventus "assembly," used in M.L. for "religious house," originally pp. of convenire "come together" (see convene). Not exclusively feminine until 18c. The M.E. form remains in London's Covent Garden district (notorious late 18c. for brothels), so called because it had been the garden of a defunct monastery. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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